Tourniquet - If Pigs Could Fly

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Band/Aritist: Tourniquet
Song: If Pigs Could Fly 
Date Tabbed: April 6th 1998
Tabbed by: Mark Hansen    email: whansen@direct.ca
Comments:
        I have supplied most of the riffs needed to play this song (not
in any particular order), butthere are a few transitions I did not tab.
They are not that difficult and you should be able to piece the whole 
song together yourself.  Good luck.


Symbols used:

p = Pull off
h = Hammer on
/ = Slide up
\ = Slide Down


Intro riff (used elsewhere in song too)
eb|------0--------------|
Bb|-/4-4-----4\\3-2P0---|
Gb|-------------------2-|  Repeat 4 times
Db|---------------------|
Ab|---------------------|
Eb|---------------------|

Riff after intro (used elsewhere as well)
eb|---------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------0--------------------|
Gb|-4-44-2-0---0---------------0----------------------|
Db|----------2-----4---0---2-4-----0------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------3-2-2H3P2--------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------3---2-|

Main riff
eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------5-5------------------------------5-5-------------------------|
Db|-2-2-----5-5-----5-5-----9-9------2-2-----5-5-----5-5-----7-------5---|
Ab|-2-2-----3-3-----5-5-----9-9------2-2-----3-3-----5-5-----7---------7-|
Eb|-0-0-------------3-3-----7-7------0-0-------------3-3-----5---5-7-----|

Main riff (continued)
eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------5-5------------------------------5-5-------------------|
Db|-2-2-----5-5-----5-5-----9-9------2-2-----5-5-----5-5-----7---9-|
Ab|-2-2-----3-3-----5-5-----9-9------2-2-----3-3-----5-5-----7---9-|
Eb|-0-0-------------3-3-----7-7------0-0-------------3-3-----5---7-|

  |____________________________|    |_____________________________|
                |                                  |    
  Listen to the song to figure      Please note that these scratch
  out the muted scratch patterns    patterns are different from the
  played here.                      ones prior.

Fill/Transition riff (you'll know where it's used...listen to the song)
eb|-----------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------|
Db|---9-----9---------9-----9---|
Ab|---9-----9---------9-----9---|
Eb|-0-7---0-7-0-----0-7---0-7-0-|

Transposed riff
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------8-8-------------------------------8-8---------------------|
Db|-5-5-----8-8-----8-8-----12-12-----5-5-----8-8-----8-8-----10---12-|
Ab|-5-5-----6-6-----8-8-----12-12-----5-5-----6-6-----8-8-----10---12-|
Eb|-3-3-------------6-6-----10-10-----3-3-------------6-6------8---10-|
  "But wait on the horizon...land...land hoe!!"


Well, that's most of it...should be more than enough for you enterprising
guitarists out there to go on.  Enjoy!!

Mark

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